What does overcame mean?
Overcame means simple past of overcome.
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/ˌəʊ.vəˈkeɪm/ · verb
simple past of overcome.
Had he been merely Man, he could never have overcame thoſe infinite Afflictions he ſo patiently endured.
[…]not because his faith has overcame the supreme being, but because it has overcame the sinner's will, and brought him where the Lord promised to pardon.
However the latest generation of HIV-1 derived vectors (see below) have overcame the need for the presence of the accessory genes and Tat, and thus the HIV-1 derived vectors are now comparable to the non-primate vectors.
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Overcame means simple past of overcome.
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Had he been merely Man, he could never have overcame thoſe infinite Afflictions he ſo patiently endured.
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